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cabmen in the village come from outside Bali. C. Dokar, income, and special relationship
They are mostly around the age of 45 to 60. The with the horse
income as cabman is not really much and it is D. Special skills, equipments, and special
only enough to feed the family. relationship with the horse
Besides the need of specific skills in Text for questions number 36 to 39.
controlling the horse and the cart, there is some
A long time ago, there lived in the island of
other equipments needed to do their job as a
Bali a giant like creature named Kbo Iwo. The
cabman. The equipments are the cart, a strong
people of Bali used to say that Kbo Iwo was
horse, string, lamp, etc. Taking care of the horse everything, a destroyer as well as a creator.
is also something that is not easy. The stable He was satisfied with the meal, but this meant
of the horse should be cleaned regularly, it for the Balinese people enough food for a
has to be fed, bathed, and the horse should be thousand men. Difficulties arose when for the
provided with horseshoes to avoid pain in the first time the barns were almost empty and the
horse’s legs. The horseshoes should be replaced new harvest was still a long way off. This made
at least once a month. Kbo Iwo wild with great anger. In his hunger,
he destroyed all the houses and even all the
33. What does the text mainly talk about? temples.It made the Balinese turn to rege. So,
A. Traditional transportations they came together to plan steps to oppose the
B. Modern means of transportation powerful giant by using his stupidity.
C. The usage of practical things They asked Kbo Iwo to build them a very
D. Anyer Market in the morning deep well, and rebuild all the houses and
temples he had destroyed. After they fed Kbo
34. Why did people in the past like to get on the
Iwo, he began to dig a deep hole. One day he
dokar? had eaten too much, he fell asleep in the hole.
Because …. The oldest man in the village gave a sign, and
A. It is more practical the villagers began to throw the limestone
B. It can carry five persons they had collected before into the the hole.
C. There was no mechanised transporta- The limestone made the water inside the hole
tion boil. Kbo Iwo was buried alive. Then the water
D. There is special relationship between the in the well rose higher and higher until at last it
horse ad the cabman overflowed and formed Lake Batur. The mound
of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwo is known
35. What does the cabman need to control the
as Mount Batur.
horse running stably?
A. Market, durian, and dokar 36. What is the text about?
B. Passangers, special relationship, and A. Kbo Iwo
income B. Difficulties in Bali
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